Love this, and it hits on one of the most important exercises in relationships building: validating the other person. When we're defensive, it's easy to invali

Love this, and it hits on one of the most important exercises in relationships building: validating the other person. When we're defensive, it's easy to invalidate the other person's feelings. Validation is setting aside your own world-view to make someone else feel seen, heard, appreciated, and understood. When you break open "scar tissue" early and often, you have a chance to practice validating someone else's feelings (and having your own feelings validated in return).